Eva Mendes makes emotional parenting revelation — 'This really hits home'

Eva Mendes keeps it real when it comes to parenting her two daughters with Ryan Gosling , Esmeralda, nine, and Amada, seven. While she keeps their lives private, and that of her longtime partner, the actress is honest about how she finds motherhood - and her latest parenting revelation is no different.

The former actress reshared a parenting clip to her story that "really hits home" from Doctor Shefali, aka the Conscious Parent, in which she says: "You were dominating her when she was a child, you were controlling her because your own sense of perfectionism was ruling the dynamic."

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As the parenting expert delved into the consequences of this behavior, Eva commented below the reshared clip: "This really hits me. I once read that we're our children's 'first bullies.'"

She added that: "Something about that resonated with me and I think about it often. When I share these posts please know I share them because I get excited to learn and share. And as a complicated and emotional person, I'm always trying to go back to the drawing board and keep on working on myself."

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Eva has been open about her style of parenting, and how being a mom aged 50 has benefited her as opposed to having children earlier in life . "I could not have raised kids in any other era of my life but now," she said, reflecting on how in her 20s she was just "foul-mouthed and smoking."

"It takes more patience. In my 20s, I shouldn't have even been around a child," she confessed to People .

Continuing about her life as a role model to her daughters, she added: "It all matters when you have two little people watching you all day long. It's frightening but it's good because it makes me try to be a better person every day."

In fact, the Hitch star has taken her dedication to her kids to another level as she recently wrote a children's book - Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries - a picture book about a "little girl facing endless scary worries". The picture book, illustrated by Abbey Bryant, is set for release on September 17, 2024, according to Barnes & Noble.

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Eva recently promoted her new book in the most typical mom way, on a swing set as her daughters could be heard laughing in the background. She told her audience: "I hope you love it as much as I do!"